Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the physical,
social, and psychological well-being of American children, to develop a
national profile of the way children in the United States live, to
permit analysis of the relationships between the conditions of
children's lives and measures of child development, and to examine the
effects of marital disruption on the development of children and on the
operation of single and multi-parent families. Information is provided
on the child's well-being, family, experiences with family disruption,
behavior, physical health, and mental health.

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Date of Collection

1976 -- 1987

Data Collection Notes

The first file, which contains data from both the 1976
and 1981 surveys, includes several derived variables. The second file,
containing only 1976 data, is logical record length data but has 27
records per case. The third file contains original responses from the
1976, 1981, and 1987 waves plus additional created variables. This
third wave is logical record length data but has 106 records per case.